teacher
(teacher)
November 12, 2018, 11:31pm
5253
… That is somewhat amazing Dale!!
………. The paint on yours must be ’Imron’ …
cabfrank
(cabfrank)
November 13, 2018, 12:30am
5254
I’m dumbfounded that people actually care this much about keyboards. Who knew?
tatasal
(tatasal)
November 13, 2018, 12:32am
5255
Hahaha…just when I was about to take a shower and I read this…thanks, you just made my day today!
DB_Custom
(Dale)
November 13, 2018, 12:51am
5256
frank, can you imagine how many computer geeks gape in disbelief that ANYONE would care about a flashlight?
Yes, kind of. Ever seen a braille typewriter?
There are also steno chording keyboards, used mostly for increasing speed while writing down speech real-time:
A steno machine, stenotype machine, shorthand machine, stenograph or steno writer is a specialized chorded keyboard or typewriter used by stenographers for shorthand use. In order to pass the United States Registered Professional Reporter test, a trained court reporter or closed captioner must write speeds of approximately 180, 200, and 225 words per minute (wpm) at very high accuracy in the categories of literary, jury charge, and testimony, respectively. Some stenographers can reach 300 word Th...
It’s another big enthusiast community. There’s a tier system and everything.
I wonder how the iceberg tiers would look for flashlights…
Agreed, its the tilde placement on regular full size and TKL boards that puzzles me. That key could be very commonly used for some people for all I know however.
Edit: Oh man that iceberg chart. Too real. Flashlights saved me from mech keyboards, but they didn’t save my wallet. And now I’m getting practice soldering sooo…
So… Here’s a first stab at a flashlight iceberg tier system:
Muggle:
Flashlight phone app
Plastic
Walmart, Harbor Freight, dollar stores
Zoomies, showerhead lights
8000K
Alkaline
10+ lm
Fan:
Camping/hiking stores
Petzl, Black Diamond, Streamlight
Headlamps, keychains
Maglite, Fenix
UltraFire, clones
6500K
NiMH
100+ lm
Enthusiast:
Olight, Zebralight, Nitecore, Thrunite, Armytek, Klarus, SureFire
Cree
Aluminum
Illumn
EDC
Neutral white
Ceiling bounce
Facebook groups, /r/flashlight
CR123A
1000+ lm
Weird:
Lumintop, Sofirn, Acebeam, Manker, Imalent, Rofis, Astrolux
Banggood, Fasttech, Gearbest, Aliexpress
Nichia
Candelas
BLF, TLF, CPF, Fonarevka
Emisar, Convoy, Fireflies
BLF A6
X6, C8, compact throwers
Group buys
CRI
DMM
Integrating box/tube
Soldering iron
Mtn Electronics, Intl-Outdoor
Triples, quads
18650, 16340, 14500
3000+ lm
Creepy:
Okluma, Sinner, McGizmo, Hanko, Oveready, Sigma
Skull clips
RGB
Copper, brass, titanium
BLF GT, dedicated throwers
Logging DMM
Integrating sphere
Hot air reflow
Flashing firmware
Building from parts
5000+ posts
21700, 26650, 18350, 10440
10000+ lm
Irredeemable:
DEFT-X
Mokune gane
Modding drivers
Modding firmware
Completing the O-L competition
Running a store for enthusiasts
26350, 18500, 14250
30000+ lm
Fallen:
Hosted a group buy
Running a store for modders
Writing new firmware
Oshpark, Eagle / KiCAD / DipTrace
Machining your own hosts
Having your own flashlight brand
AlexGT
(AlexGT)
November 13, 2018, 3:10am
5260
Guess I’m at the creepy level ha!!! :person_facepalming:
teacher
(teacher)
November 13, 2018, 3:30am
5261
Hmmmm, looks like I’m a tri-breed; a Creepy Weird Enthusiast.
CWE for short.
Yourrid
(Yourrid)
November 13, 2018, 3:41am
5262
Under “Fallen” I think we need “Hosted a Group Buy.”
teacher
(teacher)
November 13, 2018, 3:45am
5263
Good one Yourrid!! So true……
shirnask
(shirnask)
November 13, 2018, 3:58am
5264
Weird, Creepy, with a touch of Irredeemable
Sounds really bad
It’s a first draft. I was mostly wondering whether people think the categories make sense, whether anything seems to be missing or extra, whether any items are in the wrong place, etc.
As is, there is probably too much detail to put things into an image. And I’m not sure things are really in the right places.
In particular, I was really tempted to make “Flashlight phone app” its own category… either above Muggle or perhaps way down at the bottom as “Ascended”.
Agro
(Agro)
November 13, 2018, 11:21am
5267
I jumped from Enthusiast to Irredeemable by buying a cheap soldering station with hot air.
ADDED:
No, actually my first flashlight was Creepy. Because it used 10440.
Agro
(Agro)
November 13, 2018, 11:28am
5268
I would add that westerners who use Taobao are Creepy.
Also I find 21700 not more weird than 14500. Actually I bought my first 26350 and 10250 before 14500, is that unusual?
raccoon
November 13, 2018, 11:29am
5269
Let's see what I am...
ToyKeeper:
Fan:
Enthusiast:
Cree
Aluminum
Neutral white
1000+ lm
Weird:
Sofirn, Manker, Astrolux
Banggood, Fasttech, Gearbest, Aliexpress
Nichia
BLF
Convoy
BLF A6
X6, C8, compact throwers
Triples, quads
18650
Creepy:
Looks like I'm mostly a weird enthusiast.
Henk4U2
November 13, 2018, 11:32am
5270
Maybe you were just marching too far ahead of the music
But I also have some 26350’s just sitting in a drawer. Maybe it’s time for a coming-out?
Kame_Sennin
(Kame Sennin)
November 13, 2018, 11:35am
5271
We all are unique snowflakes (i machined my own FL and assembled it with a hand wired driver before i even got a 100lm) but the Tier settings are very good as is imho.
(but i +1 the “Hosted a Group Buy.” Fallen :)) )
Updated the tiers a little. Still not sure how the different battery types should be categorized.